U.S. patent application number 10/152313 was filed with the patent office on 2003-11-27 for cooling apparatus and releasing system for beverages in containers.
Invention is credited to Bertoni, Graziela, Nicolai, Eduardo, Ribeiro, Marco Antonio Tadeu, Rohloff, Andre Elio, Zangari, Jony Marcelo.
Application Number | 20030218023 10/152313 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 29548466 |
Filed Date | 2003-11-27 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030218023 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Zangari, Jony Marcelo ; et
al. |
November 27, 2003 |
Cooling apparatus and releasing system for beverages in
containers
Abstract
Cooling apparatus and releasing system for beverages in
containers, by which beverages in containers may be withdrew from
the refrigeration with no need to open the front door, having wired
vertical devices inside the refrigerated apparatus set, wired
devices being able to comprise beverage cans, which are released
for consumption through a by-hand operating lever, being conducted
by gravity to a front tray, inferior and horizontal; the beverage
in containers is kept entirely cooled all the time, not having
thermal exchange between the refrigerator inside and the
environment because there is not an accessing door with wide
opening, which brings high electrical energy saves for the
location, as well as minor maintenance services of the apparatus
and of the compressor.
Inventors: |
Zangari, Jony Marcelo; (St.
Louis, MO) ; Rohloff, Andre Elio; (Londrina, BR)
; Bertoni, Graziela; (Londrina, BR) ; Ribeiro,
Marco Antonio Tadeu; (Cambe, BR) ; Nicolai,
Eduardo; (Londrina, BR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP
3773 CORPORATE PARKWAY
SUITE 360
CENTER VALLEY
PA
18034-8217
US
|
Family ID: |
29548466 |
Appl. No.: |
10/152313 |
Filed: |
May 21, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
221/150R |
Current CPC
Class: |
F25D 25/00 20130101;
G07F 9/105 20130101; G07F 11/34 20130101; F25D 17/06 20130101; F25D
2331/805 20130101; F25D 31/007 20130101; A47F 3/0404 20130101; A47F
1/087 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
221/150.00R |
International
Class: |
F25D 021/00; G07F
011/72; B65D 083/00 |
Claims
1. Cooling apparatus and releasing system for beverages in
containers, comprising an apparatus set which owns a rectangular
shape with steel sides thermally insulated by injected
polyurethane, having a front door made by steel sheet with
insulation by injected polyurethane, finally touched by plastic on
the top and the bottom, being held in position by two hinges and
containing a electronic digital display and counting sensor,
characterized by the apparatus set inside having storage system and
releasing system for the beverages in containers, showing in the
inferior side at least one lever, operated by-hand, whose function
is releasing a beverage unit each time, through the lock/holder the
beverage which is conducted to a front tray, inferior and
horizontal.
2. Cooling apparatus and releasing system for beverages in
containers, in accordance with claim 1, characterized by the
storage system being constituted by at least one wired vertical
device which comprises a can series put in the front upper side and
in the horizontal position; the wired device is inserted in the
apparatus set inside and is fastened by superior and inferior press
coupling.
3. Cooling apparatus and releasing system for beverages in
containers, in accordance with claim 1, characterized by the
releasing system being constituted by a lever alike device with
distorting string connected to the lock/holder lever which, when
operated, moves a vertical bolt in a corresponding hole, thereby
moving the holder through bolt, which releases the can to a
inferior and rectangular hollow, which is kept closed by an
inferior articulated door, whose returning is provided by a
distorting string.
4. Cooling apparatus and releasing system for beverages in
containers, in accordance with claim 3, characterized by the
lock/holder being fastened to the wired device through two
semi-axis having bolt which works as a movement device and limiting
action for the rise of the operating vertical bolt.
Description
DESCRIPTION
[0001] This present invention relates to a cooling apparatus and to
a releasing system for beverages in containers, preferably in
aluminum cans, whereby the said cooling apparatus provides a system
for releasing beverage cans without opening the door, turning the
same available for consumption through a by-hand operating
lever.
[0002] The most conventional apparatus for cooling beverages in
general is the traditional refrigerator, known by being assembled
in a quadrangle set, internally cooled, and having a front door
which allows accessing its internal side. All the pubs,
restaurants, snack bars and the like do have conventional
refrigerators for storing, preserving and cooling beverages cans
and bottles in general.
[0003] During all public consumption actions in such locations, and
due to the frequent beverage requests, the refrigerators doors are
opened and closed so many times that it becomes necessary to keep
the internal temperature graduated to the most lower level, wasting
much more electric energy and wearing out the apparatus. According
to conducted researches, each time the refrigerator door is opened,
there is the thermal exchange between the internal temperature of
the refrigerator set and the environment temperature (external
environment), which brings a natural warm-up trend for the internal
refrigerator set air, being detrimental for the ideal temperature
of the goods or beverages.
[0004] In accordance with the above description, it is easy to
conclude that a location which has high beverage consumption must
be aware of keeping cans and bottles temperature and, at the same
time, must concern about the electric energy expenditures and with
the refrigerator wearing out process, since the door is opened and
closed successively.
[0005] The object of the present invention is to provide a cooling
apparatus and releasing system for beverages in containers, which
makes unnecessary the front door access. This keeps the cans
aligned in a vertical wired device, assembled into the cooled
refrigerator set, and it is only required to press the inferior
frontal lever, corresponding to the wired device, in order to get
the cans by hand. Once the lever is lowered, the articulated door
is moved, releasing the can or bottle that is prompted in the
inferior basis of the referred device, can which immediately falls
in an inferior tray. In such an instant, the lever simultaneously
gets back to its resting position through the returning to spring,
put in the ways the next can or bottle, which stands available for
a new lever pressing.
[0006] In this way, it is noted that the beverage in a container
keeps entirely cooled during all the time, not existing thermal
exchange between the refrigerator inside and the environment, once
an accessing door simply does not exist, with a wide opening, in
this invention, which provides large saves of electric energy for
the location, besides of providing a less frequent apparatus and
compressor maintenance service.
[0007] The present refrigerator and releasing system brings a
frontal electronic display, which allows looking at and controlling
the internal temperature of the refrigerator set, which
additionally can have a counting sensor advising whenever more
beverages must be supplied with in the wired devices.
[0008] The present utility model will be better described as
follow, for a wide comprehension, making references to the attached
drawings, in which:
[0009] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the refrigerator and
releasing system of this invention.
[0010] FIG. 2 is a side view with a transversal section.
[0011] FIG. 3 is an enlarged detail of the inferior basis of the
proposed apparatus, illustrating the lever system for getting the
beverage; and
[0012] FIG. 4 is a detail of the lock/holder which releases or put
the beverage into a position to be withdrew.
[0013] With regards to the attached drawings, the privileged object
relates to cooling apparatus and releasing system for beverages in
containers, comprised by an apparatus set (G) which Is assembles in
a rectangular shape with steel sides thermally insulated by
injected polyurethane, having in the front a door (1) made by steel
sheet insulated by injected polyurethane, finally touched by
plastic (2) on the top and the bottom, containing an electronic
digital display (3), being held in position by two hinges (4), and
having at least one lever (6) on the bottom side, which, through a
hand operation, releases an unit of beverage in container each
time, preferably cans (L) which, in its turn, falls down on a front
tray, inferior and horizontal (5), the referred can in position to
be taken and consumed.
[0014] The apparatus set inside (G) owns a storage system A) the
beverage cans (L), system which is assembled by at least one wired
vertical device (7) which supports a cans series (L), the said cans
being inserted through the door (1) by means of the front top
access (8) and in the horizontal position.
[0015] The wired system (7) is inserted in the apparatus set inside
(C), being fastened by superior and inferior press coupling (9), in
order to allow withdrawing and Installing it with no tool use, if
the apparatus set needs to be cleaned and maintained.
[0016] The wired system (7) owns shapes and dimensions designed for
an improved use of the apparatus set inside space. The cooling of
the beverage cans is obtained by an airflow, which is refrigerated
while passing the vaporizer (10), induced by a micro fan.
[0017] The releasing system (S) (see FIG. 2 and detail in FIG. 3)
is formed by a lever (6) alike device, with a distorting string
(12) connected to a lock/holder (13) of cans (L), lever (6) which,
when operated, moves a vertical bolt (14) in the corresponding hole
(15), thereby moving the holder (13), releasing the can (L) to a
inferior and rectangular hollow (16), which is kept closed by an
inferior articulated door (17), whose returning is provided by a
distorting string (12a).
[0018] The lock/holder (13), which is fasted to the apparatus set
through two semi-axis (18) (FIG. 4), and which owns a bolt (19),
which works as a movement device and limiting action for the rise
of the operating vertical bolt (14).
[0019] At the time the outside lever (6) is operated by hand, the
vertical bolt (14) rises in the hole opening (15), which makes the
bolt (19) turns the lock (13) in the semi-axis (18), pushing the
can (L) there stored in the direction of the rectangular hollow
(16), inducing the opening of the inferior door (17), as
simultaneously avoids the subsequent cans (L) movements.
[0020] As returns to its original position through the distorting
string (12), the lever (6) moves the lock/holder (13) and allows
other can to move (L), positioning it to the next lever
operation.
[0021] The inferior door (17) owns a thermal insulation in both
sides and allows the can (L) to pass down by gravity, which return
to the closed position 15 through the distorting string (12a).
[0022] The electronic digital display (3) is connected to an
electronic thermometer (20) though a coaxial cable passing by
internal tube to the front door, with connection by the inferior
edge, near the hinge.
[0023] The thermometer sensor (20) is placed in the air return,
before the vaporizer, so that the can temperature is indicated.
[0024] The operating control of the compressor (not illustrated) is
done by a mechanical thermostat, placed in the apparatus set
inside. The condenser unit is placed in the back inferior side of
the apparatus set and owns: compressor, condenser, fan and the
other common accessories of the cooling 25 cycle.
[0025] In spite of the detailed invention, it is important to
understand that the same does not limit its application to the
details and phases herewith described. The invention is able to be
assembled in other ways and to be put into practice and execution
by a variety of ways. It must be understood that the terminology
herewith adopted aims only to describe, not to limit.
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